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Back to SearchDoes an enlightened Zen master live a saintly, extraordinary life? Delivered Jun 1, 1986
Season 3 Episode 129
Zen Roshi, Lola McDowell Lee, explores the nature of truth, the limitations of the intellect, and the profound importance of trusting one's own imme…
4 days, 5 hours ago
Give gifts with no notion of reward or praise. Like moving something from one hand to the other. Mar 9, 1986
Season 3 Episode 128
Zen Roshi, Lola McDowell Lee, discusses the Diamond Sutra, known as the "Cutter of All Doubts."
She story of the Buddha and his disciple, Subhuti, a …
3 weeks, 4 days ago
Learning to live less from the mind and more from the hara. Oct 14, 1981
Season 3 Episode 127
(Note: This recording contains a static hum that, in spite of efforts to remove, does remain somewhat. But the content of the talk might be worth ove…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Allowing Purusha to extricate itself from the mindless play of Prakrit. Sept 27, 1987
Season 3 Episode 126
Zen Roshi, Lola McDowell Lee, discusses the ancient Indian philosophy of Samkhya Yoga as a framework for spiritual observation. It includes the dual …
2 months ago
Plato, art and spiritual growth. Sep 5, 1987
Season 3 Episode 125
Zen Roshi, Lola McDowell Lee, explores the concept of freedom through the conquest of self.
Per the Dhammapada, we should direct straying thoughts. T…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
The Middle Way—between the world of appearance and the inner world of consciousness. Aug 29, 1987
Season 3 Episode 124
Zen Roshi, Lola McDowell Lee draws on the Dhammapada to emphasize a core principle of spiritual success: vigilance, or watching. The fool is careless…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
How do you go in? Simply stop going out. Aug 2, 1987
Season 3 Episode 123
Zen Roshi, Lola McDowell Lee, continues her discussion of the Dhammapada.
She warns us against mistaking the false for the true, urging us to look int…
3 months ago
The meanings of various Buddhist terms, practices & traditions. July 26, 1987
Season 3 Episode 122
Zen Roshi, Lola McDowell Lee, explores the meaning of the Dhammapada -Twin Verses.
She discusses the importance of thought and self-mastery in shaping…
3 months, 1 week ago
Dogen: “Not knowing is most intimate.” July 5, 1987
Season 3 Episode 121
Zen Roshi, Lola McDowell Lee, explains the story of Dogen Zenji, the founder of the Soto Zen school in Japan. One master says, “Not knowing is most i…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
How you form your ego—and can ultimately overcome it. Jun 28, 1987
Season 3 Episode 120
Zen Roshi, Lola McDowell Lee, tells a parable about a powerful Chinese prime minister, who was a devoted Zen student. When the minister asked his mas…
4 months ago